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Resource Number: 5BL8037 Temporary Resource Number: NIA Architectural Inventory Form (Page 3 of 5) V. HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 31. Original use(s): Commerce 32. Intermediate use(s): Commerce 33. Current use(s): Commerce and Trade / Specialty Store and Trade 1 Restaurant and Trade / Restaurant 34. Site type(s): Commercial Building 35. Historical Background This building was constructed in 1905, or perhaps year or two earlier, and was originally the site of Huber's Drugstore. This business was owned and operated by Joseph A. Huber, who had come to Louisville in the 1890s. Joseph, and his wife Nora, resided in a house at Pine and Front Streets, east of the drugstore. In 1920, the Hubers sold the building to Michael and Mary (Maria) Colacci, who opened the Blue Parrot Cafe here. The Colacci family, which had come to Louisville in the early 1910s, made an indelible mark on downtown Louisville, by operating as many as four Italian restaurants in a two block area, throughout the twentieth century. The Blue Parrot, in operation continuously at this location since the early 1920s, is the oldest of the Colacci family's restaurants. The others included: Colacci's Restaurant, which opened at 816 Main Street in the 1950s; Luigi's, located at 808 Main Street from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s; and Pasquale's, which was in business at 809 Main Street from the mid-1960s until 1997. Due primarily to the Colacci family, Louisville gained a reputation throughout the Denver metropolitan area as the place to go for Italian food. The Colacci's were involved in other retail businesses as well. In the 1940s and 1950s, Joseph Colacci (Michael and Mary's son) ran Tony and Jim's Service Station (later known as the Louisville Oil Company), at the northwest corner of Main and Pine, located diagonally across the street from the Blue Parrot. Joe Colacci later took over operation of the Blue Parrot, while his brother, Anthony, ran Colacci's Restaurant at 816 Main Street. In earlier years, during the Great Depression, the Blue Parrot was primarily run 1 by Mary Colacci, while her husband, Michael, helped make ends meet by working in area coal mines. 36. Sources of Information (Boulder County) "Real Estate Appraisal Card - Urban Master", on file at the Boulder Carnegie Library. Conarroe, Carolyn. The Louisville Story, Louisville: Louisville Times Inc., 1978. Polk'sBoulder County Directory [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Company Publishers. Polk'sLongmont City Directory, [generally published annually], Denver, Kansas City, and Company, Publishers, 1966 - 1997. and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk and Salt Lake City: R.L. Polk Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, dated August 1893, November 1900, and August 1908.